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”””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””Invitation
As part of Engineers Week 2013, the Open University in Ireland presents Sustainable Energy, Chocolate, Lego and Engineering - talks by Open University academics.
Places are limited so please book through the Engineers Week website: http://www.engineersweek.ie/events/?event_id=1416
Date: 2^nd March 2013
Venue: Engineers Ireland, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Time: 10.00-13.00

There will be two talks:
10.45am -11.45am Sustainable Energy Development - from James Bond 007 to reality a talk by Dr Satheesh Krishnamurthy about materials and engineering for energy conservation and storage.
11.45am -12.45pm Odd Materials, Oddly Used! - a talk by Dr Ian Johnston about scale in engineering involving flexible chocolate extrusion and the compression testing of Lego bricks.

Staff from the Open University in Ireland will be available from 10.00am to talk about Engineering qualifications at the Open University.

For further information about Ian Johnston and Satheesh Krishnamurthy visit:www.ianjohnston.co.uk and http://materials.open.ac.uk/staff/satheesh.htm
For more information about Open University courses and qualifications in Engineering visit: http://www.open.ac.uk and http://www3.open.ac.uk/near-you/ireland/.